Arizona Daily Star Endorses Doug Ducey For Re-election: “Ducey’s performance as governor merits another term.”

Praising Governor Doug Ducey’s successful efforts to increase funding to Arizona schools, his commitment to making Southern Arizona a priority, and his focus on protecting vulnerable children, the Arizona Daily Star has endorsed Ducey for another term as governor.

“Education is a key issue” in the governor’s race, writes the Arizona Daily Star, and Doug Ducey has delivered, “shepherded funding increases through the Republican Legislature.”

The Arizona Daily Star further explains,

To his credit, Ducey has visited our region much more often than his recent predecessors and recognizes that the connection with Mexico is vital to the state’s economy — particularly Southern Arizona’s.

…Ducey has taken a walk-the-walk approach to child safety, encouraging adoption of children in foster care — when appropriate — and eschewing the notion that the only suitable adoptive parents are straight, heterosexual married couples. He should be recognized for that effort.

…We do not agree with Doug Ducey on every issue. On balance, however, we think Ducey’s performance as governor merits another term.